ETABS v9.

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LINEAR AND NONLINEAR STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
AND DESIGN OF BUILDING SYSTEMS FOR STEEL, CONCRETE AND MASONRY.
STRUCTURAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE
Win 2000/ XP / Vista

HIGHRISE BUILDINGS, MULTIPLE TOWER BUILDINGS, RIGID

OR SEMI-RIGID DIAPHRAGMS, RAMPS AND PARKING
STRUCTURES, MEZZANINE FLOORS, STEPPED DIAPHRAGM
SYSTEMS, LINEAR AND NONLINEAR STATIC AND DYNAMIC
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BUILDING SYSTEMS INCLUDING
NONSYMETRICAL-GENERAL SHAPED STRUCTURES.

FULL 3D BUILDING MODEL, STEEL AND CONCRETE FRAME

DESIGN, CONCRETE SHEAR WALL AND SLAB DESIGN,
STAGGERED TRUSS BUILDINGS DESIGN, STEEL JOIST DESIGN.
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION, CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE
LOADING.

RESPONSE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, LINEAR and NONLINEAR

TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS, STATIC PUSHOVER ANALYSIS, BASE
ISOLATORS, VISCOUS DAMPERS, STRUCTURAL POUNDING,
EARTHQUAKE SIMULATION, STAGED CONSTRUCTION.

ETABS IS THE SOLUTION, WHETHER YOU ARE DESIGNING A SIMPLE 2D FRAME or PERFORMING A
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A COMPLEX HIGHRISE THAT UTILIZES NONLINEAR DAMPERS FOR
INTERSTORY DRIFT CONTROL OR DESIGNING THE HIGHEST BUILDING OF THE WORLD.
 THIS IS ETABS
For nearly 30 years, ETABS has been recognized as the industry
standard for Building Analysis and Design Software. Today, continuing
in the same tradition, ETABS has evolved into a completely Integrated
Building Analysis and Design Environment. The System built around a
physical object based graphical user interface, powered by targeted
new special purpose algorithms for analysis and design, with
interfaces for drafting and manufacturing, is redefining standards of
integration, productivity and technical innovation.

The integrated model can include Moment Resisting Frames, Braced

Frames, Staggered Truss Systems, Frames with Reduced Beam
Sections or Side Plates, Rigid and Flexible Floors, Sloped Roofs,
Ramps and Parking Structures, Mezzanine Floors, Multiple Tower
Buildings and Stepped Diaphragm Systems with Complex Concrete,
Composite or Steel Joist Floor Framing Systems. Solutions to complex
problems such as Panel Zone Deformations, Diaphragm Shear
Stresses, and Construction Sequence Loading are now at your
fingertips.

ETABS is the solution, whether you are designing a simple 2D frame

or performing a dynamic analysis of a complex high-rise that utilizes
non-linear dampers for inter-story drift control.

In any endeavor, a tool tailored to a task is the most efficient. For

buildings, ETABS provides the automation and specialized options
needed to make the process of model creation, analysis and design
fast and convenient. Tools for laying out floor framing, colums, frames
and walls, in either concrete or steel, as well as techniques for quickly
generating gravity and lateral loads offer many advantages not
available from most general purpose finite element programs. Seismic
and wind loads are generated automatically according to the
requirements of the selected building code. All of these modeling and
analysis options are completely integrated with a wide range of steel
and concrete design features.

Full dynamic analysis, including nonlinear time-history capabilities for

seismic base isolation and viscous dampers, along with static
nonlinear pushover features offer state-of-the-art technology to the
engineer doing performance design. Powerful features for the
selections and optimization of vertical framing members as well as the
identification of key elements for lateral drift control provide
significant time savings in the design cycle.

In addition, because ETABS includes complete and detailed steel and

concrete design calculations for beams and columns, braces, walls
and slabs, the time typically associated with the transfer of data
between analysis and design programs has been eliminated. This
design integration, in combination with the fact that ETABS generates
CAD output files, means that production drawings can be generated
faster and with greater accuracy.

ETABS has long been a favorite for the analysis and design of
buildings, and whether the project is a one story shopping center or
the tallest building in the world, this latest release offers the
comprehensive tools needed to produce timely, efficient and elegant
engineering solutions.
ETABS LEVEL DEFINITION

Plus Version: No practical limit on model size. Object based

modeling specifically developed for design and analysis of building
systems. Use column, beam, brace, wall, ramp and floor objects
to design for gravity and lateral loads all within the same model
with auto-meshing options for one-way or two-way load transfer.
Option to have multiple Cartesian and/or cylindrical coordinate
systems. Insertion point options to connect top of beam, bottom
of beam or other cardinal point locations. Auto lateral load
generation for wind and seismic loads using UBC, IBC, NBCC,
ASCE and other standards. Loading options for joint, line (uniform
or trapezoidal), surface area, and temperature. Automatic design
of steel members, joist design, composite beam design, concrete
frame design, and shear wall design with no limits on the types of
connections: continuous, moment and/or shear releases. Option to
design for different materials within the same model. For example,
a steel frame building with filled deck composite beam floors and
shear walls can be analyzed and designed within the same model.
Static, modal analysis, response spectrum and time history
dynamic analysis, and 2nd order P-delta effects all available with
the Plus version. User control on how mass is calculated. Tension
only and compression only frame elements. Line constraint option
to connect mismatched meshes for transfer of shear and
moments. Open GL view options for walk-thru.

Nonlinear Version: Expands the Plus options to include nonlinear

analysis under both static and/or time history loading. Nonlinear
analysis for gaps, hooks, friction dampers, tension or compression
only, large deformation analysis, base isolators, and pushover
analysis per ATC and FEMA criteria including use of plastic hinges
(moment vs. rotation, force vs. deflection curves), and basic stage
construction analysis.

The ETABS has a Section Designer feature as an integral part of the

program. The way you access Section Designer is that you go to the
Define menu and add a SD Section from the Frame section property
box to define nonstandard sections, built-up sections, and/or to
specify rebar configurations. An advantage using this feature
instead of the Section Builder standalone program is that the
sections are available to you to use within the model.

The ETABS Package comes with a comprehensive set of printed and

online documentation including: User Manuals, Tutorials, Watch and
Learn Videos.

ETABS, SAP2000 and SAFE input files of real projects which was
provided from our users are gathered in Web-Pool and available to
our users free of cost. Please contact baser@comp-
engineering.com for more information.

The Wilson FNA Method: The ETABS nonlinear time history analysis
uses the new numerical Integration technique known as the Wilson
FNA (Fast Nonlinear Analysis) Method. The procedure uses an
iterative vector superposition algorithm that is extremely efficient
for analzing structures with predefined, localized nonlinearity. The
method has demonstrated significant reductions in processing times
when compared with other nonlinear analysis methods.
ETABS MODELING
ETABS is available in two levels: Plus (P) and Nonlinear (N). A letter in parenthesis
following a feature identifies the version(s) that are associated with it.

• Object Based Graphical Interface • Model Templates for Most Steel & Concrete Building Systems •
Models Created Using Building Terminology • Beam/Column/Brace Frame Objects • Wall/Slab/Deck Shell
Objects with Internal Meshing • Story Definitions using the Concept of Similar Stories • Common
Labeling of Objects between Similar Stories • Complex 2D and 3D Shear Walls Interacting with Beams &
Columns • Integrated Graphical Section Designer for Complex Frame Shapes • Editing with Move,
Merge, Mirror and Replicate • Accurate Dimensioning with Guidelines and Snapping • Rigid, Semi-Rigid
and Flexible Floor Diaphragm Definitions • Powerful Extrusion Command for Generating Ramps • Auto
Line Constraints for Mismatched Wall Meshes • Quick Draw Options for Object Creation • Draw
Command for Easily Adding Openings to Floors • Support for Multiple Coordinate Systems • Powerful
Grouping and Selection Options • Automatic Generation of Code Lateral Wind and Seismic Loads •
Automatic-Permutation of Wind Directions and Eccentricities • Transfer of Loads from Decks/Slabs to
Beams and Walls • Vertical Area Loads in Any Shape or Configuration • Cracked Properties – Property
Modification Factors • Gravity, Pressure and Thermal Loading • Wind Loading on Open Structures •
Sequencing Allowing Adding or Removing Objects/Loads/Supports • Buildings with Base Isolation and
Inter-Story Dampers

ETABS ANALYSIS
• Static/Dynamic Analysis for Frame and Shear Wall Buildings (N, P) • Response Spectrum Analysis with
Eigen or Ritz Vectors (N, P) • P-Delta Analysis (N, P) • Automated Center of Rigidity Calculations (N, P) •
Rigid, Semi-Rigid, Multiple and Flexible Floor Diaphragms (N, P) • Frame Objects Drawn as Members –
Automatically Meshed (N, P) • Automatic Meshing of Decks/Slabs for Diaphragm Analysis (N, P) •
Wall/Slab/Deck Modeled with Shell, Plate or Membrane Types (N, P) • Applied Force and Ground
Displacement Loading (N, P) • Seismic Acceleration or Displacement Time History Analysis (N, P) • Wind
Load Forcing Functions (N, P) • Explicit Panel-Zone Deformations (N, P) • Effects of Beam-Column
Partial Fixity (N, P) • Construction Sequence Loading Analysis (N) • Frame Hinges for Axial, Flexural,
Shear & Torsional Behavior (N) • Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis (N) • Viscous Dampers (N) • Base
Isolators (N) • Gap Object for Structural Pounding (N) • Nonlinear Time History Analysis with the Wilson
FNA Method (N) • Large Displacement Analysis (N) • Sequential Construction Analysis (N)
SEQUENTIAL CONSTRUCTION (N)
• Model Effects of Construction or Demolition • Specify Active Structure by Stories or Groups • Geometric
Nonlinear P-Delta and Large Displacements • Sequential Construction Load Cases for Design • User
Defined Loading

PUSHOVER ANALYSIS (N)

• FEMA 273, ATC-40 • Force-Deformation Relations for Steel & Concrete Hinges • Modal, Uniform, or
User Defined Lateral Load Patterns • Capacity Spectrum Conversions • Effective Damping Calculation •
Demand Spectrum Comparisons • Performance Point Calculation • Summary Reports including Plastic
Hinge Deformations
ETABS DESIGN
• Steel Frame Design for AISC-ASD & LRFD, UBC, British, Canadian, Italian and Euro Codes • Concrete
Frame Design for ACI, UBC, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian, Mexican and Euro Codes •
Composite Beam Design for AISC-ASD & LRFD, British and Canadian • Concrete Shear Wall Design for
American, British & Canadian Codes • Automated Steel Joist (K or KCS) Selection • Design for Static and
Dynamic Loads • Floor Vibration Analysis with Murray Damping • Automatic Calculation of Moment
Magnification Factors • Automatic Calculation of K-Factors & P-Delta Effects • Steel Frame Design Offers
Automatic Member Selection • Seismic Requirements for Special Moment-Resisting Frames • Automatic
Tributary-Area Live Load Reduction • Graphical Section Designer for Complex and Built-Up Shapes •
Special Moment Beam Types for Steel Frames • Virtual Work Based Optimization for Lateral Deflections •
Camber and Stud Requirements for Composite Beams • Grouping for Design Envelopes • Designed for
Biaxial-Moment/Axial-Load Interaction • Seismic Check of Beam/Column Joints in Concrete Frames •
Automated Effects of Panel-Zone Deformations on Lateral Drift • Doubler Plate and Continuity Plate
Design • Seismic Design for Concentric/Eccentrically Braced Steel Frames • Display of Reinforcing for
Columns, Beams and 3D Shear Walls • Shored and Un-Shored Design for Composite Beams

ETABS OUTPUT & DISPLAY

• 3D Perspective Graphical Displays • Static Deformed and Mode Shapes • Loading Diagrams •
Animation of Deformed Shapes • Force Diagrams and Stress Contours • Integrated Force Diagrams for
Wall Piers and Spandrels • Selective Results Displayed On-Screen with Right-Button Click • Tabular
Display of Model Input & Output • Graphical
Section Cut Definitions for Forces and Stresses •
Story Vertical Loads, Shears and Overturning
Moments • OpenGL Viewer • Graphic Display of
Displacement and Force Time History Records •
Time History AVI Files • Response Spectrum
Curves from Time History Analysis • Nonlinear
Force-Deformation Plots (N) • Graphical Display of
Nonlinear Hinge Status (N) • Design Calculation
Sheet for Each Member • Color Coded Steel Stress
Ratios • Graphical Displays of Reinforcing Layouts •
Biaxial-Moment/Axial-Load Interaction Diagrams
for Concrete Frames
ETABS DATA EXCHANGE
IMPORT – EXPORT OPTIONS:

Autodesk Revit Structure 2009

Import: Import from AutoCAD: Arbitrary nonrectangular grid systems, Framing plans, 3D Framing
models; CIS/2 (.step), FrameWorks Plus (.sfc), Strudl-Staad (.gti, .std), Prosteel (.mdb), IFC-Tekla-
Xsteel (.ifc), IGES (.igs), Autodesk Revit Structure (.exr) 2009

Export: Export to AutoCAD: Floor plans w/ composite design info, User defined framing elevations;
ACCESS (.mdb),
CIS/2 (.step), FrameWorks Plus (.sfc), Prosteel (.mdb), Steel Detailing Neutral File (SNDF)-Xsteel, CSI
DETAILER (.adi), IFC-Tekla-Xsteel (.ifc), IGES (.igs), Autodesk Revit Structure (.exr) 2009

Export Stories to SAFE for Foundation Analysis/Design, Capture graphics of any ETABS Window, Cut &
Paste Portions of Model to Excel Spreadsheet for Editing
ETABS STEEL FRAME DESIGN CAPABILITIES
STEEL FRAME AND FLOOR MODELING FEATURES
• Integrated Object Based Steel Building Models
• Special Modeling of Steel Frames with Concrete or Composite
Floor • Rigid, Semi-Rigid, Partial, Multiple and Flexible Floor
Diaphragms • Cracked Properties and Lateral Drift Control •
Automatic Generation of Code Lateral Wind and Seismic Loads
• Automatic Transfer of Vertical Loads from Floor Decks to
Framing • Steel Frames Interacting with Complex 2D and 3D
Shear Walls • Steel Frames Interacting with Elevator
Cores/Curved Shear Walls • Steel Frames Interacting with
Straight/Spiral Parking Garage Ramps

STEEL FRAME DESIGN FEATURES

• Fully Integrated Steel Frame Design • Automatic Member
Sizing – No Preliminary Design Required • Virtual Work Based
Optimization for Lateral Deflections • Grouping of Members for
Member Sizing • AISC-ASD01, AISC ASD89, AISC 360-05/IBC
2006, AISC-LRFD99, AISC LRF 93, AISC 2005, BS5950 90,
BS5950 2000, CISC95, EUROCODE3-1993, Indian IS 800-1998,
Italian UNI 10011, UBC97-ASD, UBC97-LRFD, CAN/CSA-S16-01, CISC 95 • • Design for Static and
Dynamic Loads • Code Dependent or User Defined Loading Combinations • Automatic Calculations of
Live Load Reduction Factors • Automatic Calculation of K-Factors & P-Delta Effects • Integrated Section
Designer for Composite & Built-Up Sections • Interactive Options for Design and Review • Interfaced
with SAFE for Detailed Floor Slab and Base Mat Design • Design for Effects of Torsion

STEEL JOIST (SJI) DESIGN FEATURES

• Standard and Envelope Design Types (K & KCS Series Joists) • Automatic Member Selection from Built-
In or User-Defined Database • Joist Capacities for Different Span Lengths • User-Defined Joist Parameter
(Depth, Weight & Moment of Inertia)
STEEL SEISMIC FRAME DESIGN FEATURES
• Response Spectrum and Time History Based
Structural Dynamics • Seismic Requirements for
Special Moment-Resisting Frames • Seismic
Requirements for Concentric/Eccentrically Braced
Frames • Check of Panel-Zones for Doubler and
Continuity Plates • Design of Intermediate/Special
Moment-Resisting Frames • Interactive Evaluation of
Floor Diaphragm Shears Using Section Cuts •
Diaphragm Flexibility Effects to Obtain Chord &
Collector Forces • Effects of Accidental Torsion with
Centers of Rigidity

STEEL FRAME DESIGN OUTPUT FEATURES

• Controlling Steel Member Sizes • Color Coded
Controlling Steel Stress Ratios • Doubler Plate And
Continuity Plate Design • Connection Design Forces •
Design Data in Database Format

STEEL DETAILING FEATURES

• TEKLA • IFC • CIS2 • Steel Detailing Neutral File •
ProSteel 3D • Revit Structure • SAFE

POWER FEATURES FOR STEEL STRUCTURES

• Effects of Construction Sequence Loading (N) •
Automated Effects of Panel-Zone Deformations on
Lateral Drift • Meshing Techniques for Interacting
Shear Walls and Floors • Models Using Line
Constraints • Eccentricities Due to Changes in
Member Dimensions • Analytical Effects of Member
Centerline Offsets In 3D • Effects of Beam-Column
Partial Fixity • Three-Dimensional Pushover Analysis
(N) • Buildings with Base Isolation and Inter-Story
Dampers (N) • Element-Based P-Delta Effects for
Local Buckling Instabilities (N) • Data Exchange with
Detailing Packages

ETABS CONCRETE FRAME DESIGN CAPABILITIES

CONCRETE FLOOR AND FRAME MODELING
FEATURES
• Integrated Object Based Concrete Building Models •
Special Modeling of Concrete Frame and Floor Systems •
Rigid, Semi-Rigid, Partial, Multiple and Flexible Floor
Diaphragms • Cracked Properties – Property Modification
Factors • Lateral Drift Control • Automatic Generation of
Code Lateral Wind and Seismic Loads • Automatic
Transfer of Vertical Loads to Framing Systems • 2D and
3D Shear Walls Interacting with Beam-Column Frames •
Elevator Cores and Walls with Openings and Curved
Shear Walls • Frames interacting with Straight and Spiral
Parking Garage Ramps
CONCRETE FRAME DESIGN FEATURES
• Fully Integrated Concrete Frame Design • ACI 2005, ACI 318-
05/IBC 2003, ACI 318-99, ACI 318-02, UBC 97, BS 8110 89, BS
8110 97, CSA-A23.3-94/04, EUROCODE 2-1992 und 2004,
Indian IS 456-2000, Italian DM 14-2-92, Mexican RCDF 2001,
NZS 3101-95 • Design for Static and Dynamic Loads • Grouping
for Design Envelopes • Automatic or User Defined Loading
Combinations & Design Groups • Automatic Calculations of Live
Load Reduction Factors • Design for Biaxial-Moment/Axial-Load
Interaction & Shear • Automatic Calculation of Moment
Magnification Factors • Magnification Override Option with the
Evaluation of P-Delta Effects • Integrated Section Designer for
Complex Concrete Sections • Graphical Display of Biaxial-
Moment/Axial-Load Interaction Diagrams • Interactive Options
for Design and Review • Interfaced with SAFE for Detailed Floor
Slab and Base Mat Design • Design for Effects of Torsion •
Virtual Work Based Optimization for Lateral Deflection Control

CONCRETE SEISMIC FRAME DESIGN FEATURES

• Dynamics – Response Spectrum and Time History Analysis • Seismic Design of Intermediate/Special
Moment-Resisting Frames • Seismic Design of Beam/Column Joints • Seismic Check for Strong-
Column/Weak-Beam Design • Automatic Link Beam Modeling and Design • Evaluation of Concrete Floor
Diaphragm Shears Using Section Cuts • Diaphragm Flexibility Effects to Obtain Chord & Collector Forces
• Effects of Accidental Torsion with Centers of Rigidity

CONCRETE SECTION DESIGNER FEATURES

• Integrated Section Designer for Creating Complex Concrete
Sections • Rectangular, Circular or Cross Sections of any Arbitrary
Geometry • Powerful Graphical Interface for Locating Reinforcement
• Calculates Section Properties & Biaxial Moment • Calculates
Section Moment-Curvature Relationships

CONCRETE FRAME DESIGN OUTPUT FEATURES

• Biaxial-Moment/Axial-Load Interaction Diagrams • Longitudinal
Reinforcing Requirements at User Defined Stations • Shear
Reinforcing Requirements at User Defined Stations • Graphical
Displays of Reinforcing Layouts • Design Data in Database Format

CONCRETE DETAILING FEATURES

• Interfaced with CSiDETAILER for Detailing of Beams and Columns • Interfaced with SAFE for Detailed
Floor Slab and Base Mat Design • Plans and Elevations • IFC • Revit Structure • Reinforcing Details & Bar
Schedules

POWER FEATURES FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES

• Effects of Construction Sequence Loading (N) • Effects of Time
Dependent Creep & Shrinkage (N) • Automated Effects of Panel-
Zone Deformations on Lateral Drift • Meshing Techniques for Shear
Walls and Floors • Models Using Edge Constraints • Eccentricities
Due to Changes in Member Dimensions • Analytical Effects of
Member Centerline Offsets In 3D • Effects Of Beam-Column Partial
Fixity • Three-Dimensional Pushover Analysis (N) • Buildings with
Base Isolation and Inter-Story Dampers (N) • Element-Based P-
Delta Effects for Local Instabilities (N)
ETABS CONCRETE SHEAR WALL DESIGN
CAPABILITIES
CONCRETE FLOOR AND FLAT PLATE MODEL

CONCRETE FLOOR AND SHEAR WALL MODELING

• Integrated Object Based Concrete Building Models •
Complex 2D and 3D Shear Walls • Elevator Cores and Walls
with Openings and Curved Shear Walls • Shear Walls
Interacting with Sloped/Spiral Parking Garage Ramps •
Special Modeling of Concrete Flat Plate Floor Systems •
Rigid, Semi-Rigid and Flexible Floor Assignments • Cracked
Properties – Property Modification Factors • Lateral Drift
Control • Automatic Generation of Code Lateral Wind and
Seismic Loads • Automatic Transfer of Vertical Loads to
Framing Systems • Vertical Area Loads in Any Shape or
Configuration • Arbitrary Line and Point Loads

CONCRETE SHEAR WALL DESIGN

• Shear Wall Design Fully Integrated with Entire Building •
Calculates Reinforcing Requirements for Overturning & Shear
• ACI 2005/IBC 2003, ACI 318-02, ACI 318-99, UBC 97, BS
8110 89, BS 8110 97, CSA-A23.3-94, Indian IS 456-2000 •
Reinforcing Requirements for 2D Planar Walls • Reinforcing
Requirements for 3D Elevator Core with Openings •
Reinforcing Requirements for Curved Shear Walls •
Reinforcing Requirements for Spandrels & Link Beams •
Design Includes Torsional Effects • User Controlled
Interactive Design & Review • Accurate Capture of Shear Lag
• Automatic Integration of Forces for Piers and Spandrels •
2D Wall Pier Design • 2D Wall Spandrel Design • 3D Wall
Pier Check for Provided Reinforcement • Interfaced with
SAFE for Detailed Floor Slab and Base Mat Design • Design
Data in Database Format

CONCRETE SEISMIC SHEAR WALL DESIGN

• Dynamics – Response Spectrum and Time History Analysis
• Automatic Link Beam Modeling and Design • Ritz Vector
Analysis • Evaluation of Concrete Floor Diaphragm Shears
Using Section Cuts • Diaphragm Flexibility Effects to Obtain
Chord & Collector Forces • Effects of Accidental Torsion with
Centers of Rigidity

CONCRETE SECTION DESIGNER

• Integrated Section Designer for Complex Concrete Sections
• Rectangular, Circular, or Cross Sections of Any Arbitrary
Geometry • Powerful Graphical Interface for Locating
Reinforcement • Calculates Section Properties and Biaxial
Moment • Calculates Section Moment-Curvature elationships

CONCRETE DETAILING
• Interfaced with CSiDETAILER for Detailing of Beams and Columns • Interfaced with SAFE for Detailed Floor
Slab and Base Mat Design • Plans and Elevations • IFC • Revit Structure • Reinforcing Details & Bar
Schedules

POWER OPTIONS FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES

• Construction Sequence Loading (N) • Effects of Creep & Shrinkage (N) • Panel Zone Deformations •
Meshing Techniques for Shear Walls and Floors • Models Using Line Constraints • Eccentricities Due to
Changes in Member Dimensions • Base Isolation (N)
ETABS — PARKING STRUCTURES
MODELING OF PARKING STRUCTURES
• Integrated Object Based Concrete and Steel Models •
Column, Beam, Brace and Shear Wall Object Libraries •
Elevator Cores and Walls with Openings • Curved Shear
Walls • Straight and Spiral Ramps • Rigid, Semi-Rigid and
Flexible Floor Diaphragms Assignments • Automatic
Generation of Code Lateral Wind and Seismic Loads •
Automated Transfer of Vertical Loads to Framing Systems

DESIGN OF PARKING STRUCTURES

• Integrated Concrete Frame, Shear Wall and Steel Frame
Design • Design for Static and Dynamic Loads • Grouping
for Design Envelopes • Automatic or User Defined Loading
Combinations • Automatic Calculations of Live Load Reduction Factors • Designed for Biaxial-
Moment/Axial-Load Interaction & Shear • Automatic Calculation of Moment Magnification Factors •
Integrated Section Designer for Complex Concrete Sections • Virtual Work Based Optimization for Lateral
Deflection Control • Reinforcing Requirements for 2D Planar Walls • Reinforcing Requirements for 3D
Elevator Core with Openings • Reinforcing Requirements for Spandrels & Link Beams • Design Includes
Torsional Effects • User Controlled Interactive Design & Review • Accurate Capture of Shear Lag •
Interfaced with SAFE for Detailed Slab and Base Mat Design

DESIGN RESULTS & OUTPUT FOR PARKING STRUCTURES

• Longitudinal Reinforcing Requirements at User Defined Stations • Shear Reinforcing Requirements at
User Defined Stations • Biaxial Moment-Load Interaction Curves • Color Coded Steel Stress Ratios
• Connection Design Forces • Design Data in Database Format
ETABS COMPOSITE FLOOR DESIGN CAPABILITIES
COMPOSITE FLOOR MODELING FEATURES
• Completely Integrated Physical Member Model • Powerful
Tools for Creating Simple & Complex Framing Layouts •
Optimized Automated Member Selection • Automated Load
Transfer from Deck to Framing System • Vertical Area
Loads in any Shape or Configuration • AISC-ASD01, AISC
ASD89, AISC-LRFD99, AISC-LRFD93, BS5950 90, CISC95,
Indian IS 800-1998 • Automatic Calculation of Effective
Deck Widths • Numerous User-Specified Design
Preferences • Shored and Un-Shored Design • Optimal
Design for Strength and Deflections • Member by Member
Camber Evaluation • Floor Vibration Analysis with Murray
Damping • Interactive Design and Review • Design Groups
for Controlling Member Sizes • Interfaced with AutoCAD to
Produce Framing Plans

COMPOSITE FLOOR DESIGN FEATURES

• Fully Integrated Composite Floor Design for Entire Building • Recognizes Similar Nature of Typical
Floors • Orthogonal and Skewed Deck Systems • Composite Design for Transfer Girders • Design of
Cantilevers and their Backspans • Automatic Member Sizing – No Preliminary Design Required •
Optimization for Minimum Weight or Price • Camber and Stud Requirements • User Specified Stud
Distribution • Wet and Dry Loading Combinations • Code Dependent or User Defined Loading
Combinations • Automatic Calculations of Live Load Reduction Factors • User Controlled Deflection
Criteria • Virtual Work Based Automatic Drift Control for Steel Frames • Grouping of Members for
Member Sizing • American, Canadian, British and Indian Codes • Design for Static and Dynamic Loads •
Integrated Section Designer for Composite & Built-up Sections

COMPOSITE FLOOR DESIGN

OUTPUT FEATURES
• Load, Force & Deflection
Diagrams • Reports Moments &
Shears for Many Stages of
Composite Action • Detailed
Stud Layout • Serviceability
Reports for Loading Conditions •
Design Data in Database Format

COMPOSITE FLOOR
DETAILING FEATURES
• Detailed AutoCAD Framing
Plans • Completely Integrated
Manufacturing Model • CIS/2,
SDNF, IFC and MS/ACCESS File
Exports • Controlling Steel
Member Sizes • Doubler Plate
And Continuity Plate Design •
Connection Design Forces
ETABS STEEL JOIST DESIGN CAPABILITIES
STEEL JOIST FLOOR MODELING FEATURES
• Completely Integrated Physical Member Model
• Powerful Tools for Creating Simple & Complex Framing
Layouts • Optimized Automated Member Selection •
Automated Load Transfer from Deck to Framing System •
Vertical Area Loads in Any Shape or Configuration • Optimal
Design for Strength and Deflections • Interactive Design and
Review • Design Groups for Controlling Member Sizes •
Interfaced with AutoCAD to Produce Framing Plans
STEEL JOIST FLOOR DESIGN FEATURES
• Fully Integrated Steel Joist Floor Design for Entire Building •
Recognizes Similar Nature of Typical Floors • Standard (K) or
Envelope (KCS) Design Types • Total Load and Live Load
Design Parameters • Orthogonal and Skewed Deck Systems • Automatic Member Sizing – No Preliminary
Design Required • Code Dependent or User Defined Loading Combinations • Automatic Calculations of
Live Load Reduction Factors • Virtual Work Based Automatic Drift Control for Steel Frames • Grouping of
Members for Member Sizing • AISC-ASD & LRFD, UBC, British, Canadian, Italian, Indian and Euro Codes
for Steel Frame Design • Design for Static and Dynamic Loads • Integrated Section Designer for
Composite & Built-up Sections

STEEL JOIST FLOOR DESIGN OUTPUT FEATURES

• Load, Force & Deflection Diagrams • Design Calculation Sheet for Each Joist • Design Data in Database
Format

STEEL JOIST FLOOR DETAILING FEATURES

• Detailed AutoCAD Framing Plans • Completely Integrated Manufacturing Model • CIS/2, IFC, SDNF and
MS/ACCESS File Exports • Controlling Steel Member Sizes • Doubler Plate and Continuity Plate Design •
Connection Design Forces
USER FRIENDLY GRAPHICAL INTERFACE

New physical object based modeling enviroment • Automated templates for typical structures • Easy and
Enhanced drawing tools with several new snaps • Optimized for modelling of multistory buildings•
Enhanced selection options • Enhanced extrusion routines • Auto line constraints for mismatched shell
meshes • Fast generation of straight and circular ramps • Internal meshing properties for floors, ramps
and wall panels • Enhanced model building with walls and openings • On screen precise nudging and
duplication of beams, columns and walls • On screen creation of beams and columns with parallel
offsets • On screen plan editing shear walls • Area-object thickness and joint offset overwrites •
Powerful new 2D and 3D model builder • 3D model generation using plans, elevations and developed
views • Editing with move, merge, mirror and replicate • Accurate dimensioning with guidelines and
snapping • Multiple simultaneous cartesian (rectangular), cylindirical and skewed grid systems • Story
definitions using the concept of similar Stories • Common labeling of Objects between similar Stories •
Area objects for: Walls, Slabs/Decks, Openings with internal meshing, Springs, Mass, Loads • Line
objects for: Columns, Beams, Braces, Links, Springs, Mass, Loads • Point objects for: Supports, Springs,
Mass, Loads • Rigid Diaphragm definitions • Bult-in database of steel sections • Graphical Section
Designer for defining custom sections • Option to convert cartesian and cylindirical system to new
general system • Option to glue joints to grid lines • Different grid systems possible for each story •
Manipulation of grid labelling – Switching order and labelling • Cut, copy and paste options
• Models Created Using Building Terminology • Story Definitions using the Concept of Similar Stories •
Common Labeling of Objects between Similar Stories • Complex 2D and 3D Shear Walls Interacting with
Beams & Columns • Integrated Graphical Section Designer for Complex Frame Shapes • Editing with
Move, Merge, Mirror and Replicate • Accurate Dimensioning with Guidelines and Snapping • Rigid, Semi-
Rigid and Flexible Floor Diaphragm Definitions • Powerful Extrusion Command for Generating Ramps •
Auto Line Constraints for Mismatched Wall Meshes • Quick Draw Options for Object Creation • Draw
Command for Easily Adding Openings to Floors • Support for Multiple Coordinate Systems • Powerful
Grouping and Selection Options • Automatic Generation of Code Lateral Wind and Seismic Loads •
Automatic-Permutation of Wind Directions and Eccentricities • Transfer of Loads from Decks/Slabs to
Beams and Walls • Vertical Area Loads in Any Shape or Configuration • Cracked Properties – Property
Modification Factors • Gravity, Pressure and Thermal Loading • Wind Loading on Open Structures •
Sequencing Allowing Adding or Removing Objects/Loads/Supports • Buildings with Base Isolation and
Inter-Story Dampers
• Unlimited levels of undo and redo • Quick draw options to create elements with one mouse click •
Powerful grouping, selection and display options • Onscreen assignment of properties, loading and
supports • Multiple views in 3D perspective with zooming and panning • Orthographic and user defined
views • Copy/Paste to and from spread sheets and Access Database • Copying and pasting assignment
patterns across a series of objects • Multiple rectangular and cylindrical coordinate systems • Detailed
context sensitive online help • Analysis integrated with postprocessing and design • Right button click for
instantaneous current element or joint information •Fast OpenGL graphics now available for drawing and
display windows • Enhanced OpenGL viewer • Enhanced animation capability • Enhanced tabular display
options • Graphical section cut definitions for forces and stresses • Analysis case tree display •3D
rendering and flythrough views • Interactive spreadsheet input of model geometry, loading and
assignments • 3D perspective graphical displays of undeformed and deformed structural geometries •
Static deformed shapes and mode shapes • Bending moment and shear force diagrams • Stress
contours • Animation of deformed shapes and mode shapes • Animated stress contours • Multiple
windows displaying different parameters • Instantaneous graphical and tabulated output details for
specific joint or element with right button click • Convenient unit conversion any time • Extensive
customizable tool bar • Drawing and aligning controls for structural geometry • Generation of reference
lines and planes for structural geometry • Single click rectangle area creation for drop panels and spread
footings • Option to set deck orientation normal to a selected beam • Option to add elevation view at
any skewed grid line or beam • Activating nudge, snaps and drawing options in elevation views • Floor
area edge selection • Option to split or merge the edge of a floor deck for extra joint or to remove joint
• Enhanced auto floor meshing for semi rigid floor diaphragm modelling • Fine grid snaps activated with
respect to origin or last mouse down • Reverse fence selection to allow box intersection selection • Floor
and wall mesh size defined as object based internal property • Detailed cross referenced online technical
notes and documentation.
BUILDING LOADS:
No limit on number of independent load cases • Gravity loads specified as point, line or area loads •
Automatic wind load generation: UBC, BOCA, ASCE, NBCC • Wind loading codes ASCE 7-88, ASCE 7-93
and BS 6399-1995 • Automatic seismic load generation: UBC, BOCA, NBCC • Added IBC 2003 seismic
and wind loads • Built-in response spectrum and time history input • Temperature and thermal-gradient
loads • Algebratic, absolute, SRSS, and enveloping load combinations • Mass directy specified or
calculated from gravity loads • Spread sheet input of lateral loads from wind tunnel tests • Applying
wind without rigid diaphragms – Using cladding panels • Static and dynamic load combinations and
envelopes • Automated construction sequence loading • Auto transfer of area loads to frames • Open-
structure wind loads • Display of automated loads • Enhanced vertical load transfer from floors to
girders and walls • Option to display final distribution of loads transferred from floors to beams • General
curves for the live load reduction based on DL/LL ratios • Added auto-permutation of Wind directions
and eccentricities • Added Open-structure wind loads • Added Story vertical load, shear and overturning
plots.

SECTION DESIGNER:
A powerful utility to define frame and wall pier sections for use in analysis and design. It is fully
integrated into ETABS. The section can be of any arbitrary shape and they can consist of one or more
material properties. Reinforcing bars can be specified for concrete sections. Modification factors for
cracked sections. Definition of unsymetrical concrete section with reinforcing and the development of
the associated PMM interaction surface for use in the concrete frame design postprocessor integrated
within ETABS. Definition of wall pier geometry and reinforcing and development of the associated PMM
interaction surface for use in the shear wall design postprocessor.
ETABS PLUS FEATURES
FULL 3D BUILDING MODEL, LINEAR STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS, STEEL AND
CONCRETE FRAME DESIGN, COMPOSITE BEAM DESIGN, CONCRETE SHEAR WALL DESIGN,
STAGGERED TRUSS AND STEEL JOIST DESIGN

THE ELEMENT LIBRARY

Underlying the ETABS object-based building models is a comprehensive analysis engine comprised of the
following element types.
LINE OBJECT:
The 3D Beam / Column / Brace (Frame) Element
ƒ Axial, bending, torsional and shear deformations
ƒ Multiple non-prismatic segments over element length
ƒ Ends offset from reference nodes in any direction
ƒ Automated evaluation of offsets for joint size
ƒ Moment and shear releases and partial-fixity
ƒ Point, uniform and trapezoidal loading in any direction
ƒ Temperature and thermal-gradient loading
AREA OBJECT:
The 3D Wall / Slab / Deck (Shell) Element
ƒ Shell, plate or membrane action • Thick-shell option • General quadrilateral or triangular element
• Orthotropic materials • Six degrees of freedom per joint • Uniform load in any direction •
Temperature and thermal-gradient loading
POINT OBJECT:
The Joint Element (Spring)
ƒ Support, Coupled or uncoupled grounded springs • Force loads, Ground-displacement loads
The LINK ELEMENT
ƒ Two node linear spring with 6 degrees of freedom • Can be used to model Panel-zone deformations
ETABS NONLINEAR FEATURES
STATIC PUSHOVER ANALYSIS, NONLINEAR
TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS, BASE ISOLATORS,
VISCOUS DAMPERS, STRUCTURAL POUNDING

ETABS Nonlinear extends the capabilities of the PLUS

version to include the following static and dynamic
nonlinear analysis options

POWER FEATURES FOR STEEL STRUCTURES:

• Effects of Construction Sequence Loading
• Three-Dimensional Pushover Analysis
• Buildings with Base Isolation and Inter-Story Dampers
• Element-Based P-Delta Effects for Local Buckling
Instabilities

POWER FEATURES FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES

• Effects of Construction Sequence Loading
• Effects of Time Dependent Creep & Shrinkage
• Three-Dimensional Pushover Analysis
• Buildings with Base Isolation and Inter-Story Dampers
• Element-Based P-Delta Effects for Local Instabilities
• Base Isolation
Static Nonlinear Analysis Options
ƒ Large displacement option
ƒ Sequential loading option

Nonlinear Link Element

ƒ Used with the Dynamic Nonlinear Analysis option
ƒ Used as Link, Spring or Panel zone
ƒ Viscous damper with nonlinear exponent on velocity
term
ƒ Gap (compression only) and Hook (tension only)
element
ƒ Uniaxial plasticity (all 6 degrees of freedom)
ƒ Base isolator with biaxial-plasticity behavior
ƒ Base isolator with friction and / or pendulum behavior
ƒ Force or displacement vs. Time plots
ƒ Force vs. Deformation plots

Plastic Hinge Element

ƒ Used as Spring, Link, Panel zone or inside Frame
Elements
ƒ Axial, flexural, shear and torsional behavior
ƒ Axial-load / biaxial-moment interaction
ƒ Multilinear behavior including softening
ƒ Tabulated and Graphical display of hinge status
Specialization for Static Pushover Analysis
ƒ FEMA 273, ATC-40
ƒ Automated force-deformation relations for steel and concrete hinges
ƒ Modal, uniform, or user- defined lateral load patterns
ƒ Start from applied gravity load
ƒ Capacity Spectrum conversions
ƒ Effective damping calculation
ƒ Demand Spectrum comparisons
ƒ Performance point calculation
ƒ Summary reports including plastic-hinge deformations

Dynamic Nonlinear Analysis Options

Construction Sequence Loading Analysis • Frame Hinges for Axial,
Flexural, Shear & Torsional Behavior • Nonlinear Static Pushover Analysis • Viscous Dampers • Base
Isolators • Gap Object for Structural Pounding • Nonlinear Time History Analysis with the Wilson FNA
Method • Large Displacement Analysis • Sequential Construction Analysis

SEQUENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
• Model Effects of Construction or Demolition
• Specify Active Structure by Stories or Groups
• Geometric Nonlinear P-Delta and Large
Displacements
• Sequential Construction Load Cases for Design
• User Defined Loading
ETABS Version 9.6.0 - Significant New Features

• Automated lateral loading for Eurocode has been implemented: wind, seismic, and response-
spectrum functions.
• Automated lateral loading for the Australian code has been implemented: wind, seismic, and
response-spectrum functions.
• Automated lateral loading for the New Zealand code has been implemented: wind, seismic, and
response-spectrum functions.
• Composite beam design has been added for code “AISC360-05/IBC2006”, including vibration limit-
state checking for floors according to AISC/CISC Design Guide 11.
• Concrete frame design has been added for Australian code AS 3600-2001, including seismic
provisions.
• Steel frame design has been added for “Eurocode 3-2005”, incorporating the National
Annexes for Bulgaria, Slovenia, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Seismic provisions of Eurocode 8 are
not included at this time.
• Concrete frame design for “Eurocode 2-2004” has been updated to include the National Annexes for
Slovenia and Norway.
• Multiple enhancements have been made to concrete frame design for Indian code “IS 456-2000”.
• Multiple enhancements have been made to concrete shear-wall design for Indian code “IS 456-2000”.
• Multiple enhancements have been made to steel frame design for the “Chinese 2002” code.
• Numerous other enhancements have been made, particularly in the area of tabular output.
• CSIxRevit for ETABS has been updated to support both Revit Structure 2009 and 2010, and is
available in either 32- or 64-bit versions. The mapping of section properties between ETABS and
Revit Structure has been further enhanced.

New Features in ETABS Version 9.0.0

ETABS Version 9.0.0 is a new version, and is a direct upgrade from Version 8.5.6. New features include
the following.

• Added Semi-rigid diaphragm option • Added Design output to Database • Added Story vertical load,
shear and overturning plots • Improved plan display of most design quantities • Improved analysis
model creation time • Enhanced Model Building of Walls with openings • Added IBC 2003 seismic and
wind loads • Added auto-permutation of Wind directions and eccentricities • Added Open-structure
wind loads • Added Export to SAFE V8 with poly areas • Updated Concrete Frame Design to ACI 2005 •
Updated Concrete Shearwall Design to ACI 2005 • Updated Steel design to AISC-ASD 2001 (Seismic
Provisions 2002) • Updated Steel design to AISC-LRFD 2001 (Seismic Provisions 2002) • Updated Steel
design to AISC 2005 (Not in initial release) • Added Import/Export from Autodesk Revit Structural •
Added Import/Export from ProSteel • Added Import/Export from IFC • Updated CIS/2 Import/Export •
Added Import from STRUDL • Added Import from STAAD • Updated Help • Updated Manuals
 
 
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